[CentOS] Restarting mouse services
Robert Moskowitz
rgm at htt-consult.com
Thu Sep 7 20:55:27 UTC 2006
William L. Maltby wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 16:21 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
>> I move my notebook around my office. Sometimes I am using the internal
>> pointers, sometimes a USB mouse, and sometimes a USB keyboard/mouse
>> adapter that is plugged into a kvm (actually two of them).
>>
>> With one of these USB k/m adapters, when I plug in, the system fails to
>> recognize the mouse (but no problem with the keyboard). The 2 adapters
>> are the same brand/model (Aten), but the KVMs are different Aten
>> masterviews.
>>
>> Of course I would like to figure out why this is happening and get it to
>> stop,
>>
>> but meanwhile is there a way to restart the mouse services.
>>
>
> For console mouse?
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm restart
>
> >From X desktop, access Services, select gpm and "Restart"
>
Both definitely restarted the mouse services, but still don't have the
USB K/M mouse responding.
Maybe it is usb services that needs a kick in its hindend?
>
>> <snip sig stuff>
>>
> HTH
> --
> Bill
>
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